Instagram and Vine for Windows Phones ...
Instagram officially announced for Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone
Ewan Spence
All About Windows Phone
October 22nd 2013
allaboutwindowsphone.com
With a cheer from the Nokia World crowd, Steven Elop announced that Instagram would be coming to Windows Phone in the 'coming weeks'. The Facebook-owned social network built up around mobile photos has long been asked for, and many commentators have been vocal in its absence. It might be a year or two too late to make a significant difference to the perception of Microsoft's mobile app store, but it's another box ticked off.
Assuming it follows the same model as other platforms, the Instagram app will allows users to take pictures from within the app, or select them from their gallery. These can be captioned, tagged, and have a number of different styles and looks applied through the filter system. Following that, they'll be uploaded to the Instagram service and shared with your friends on the site, as well as the option to share with Facebook, Tumblr, Flilckr, Twitter, and Foursquare.
While there is no word on exclusivity to Nokia for Instagram, the implication of "Nokia and Microsoft have been working closely with Instagram" certainly leaves it on the table as an option.
We'll have more on both these apps in the near future when more details are available - even a screenshot or two would be nice, right now we just have the official company logos on the Abu Dhabi stage.
But what we do have is (finally) a clear and unambiguous message on Windows Phone's 'bogey' app. Instagram is coming to Windows Phone... in the next few weeks. My only wish was that Nokia could have said 'and it's in the Windows Phone store right now' for the full PR splash. ###
>> Vine set to spread to Windows Phone
Ewan Spence
All About Windows Phone
October 22nd 2013
allaboutwindowsphone.com
Along with Instagram, Nokia World also announced the upcoming availability of Vine, the 'six second video sharing service' that was acquired by Twitter before its launch in January this year. This will be the first official Windows Phone client for the service that lets users create and share short videos, and it is expected to be available in the next few weeks.
Just as we saw with the Instagram announcement, details are scarce at the moment beyond the company logo being displayed on the stage and the official word from Stephen Elop. While there has been less public clamour for Vine as there has been for Instagram, it is a notable media based application, and one that is used widely in social media - there's an argument to be made that Vine is the first 'breakout' video based social media service.
----- Vine running on iOS -----
I'm also intrigued to see what happens with 6sec and 6tag, Rudy Huyn's third party clients for Vine and Instagram respectively. at the very least they provide a competent base line that the official apps are going to have to clear.
We'll bring you more news and a full review here on AAWP when the app reaches the Windows Store. ###
Vine on stage with Brian right now with more detail ...
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